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. 2015 May 29;43(17):e114. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv559

Table 4. List of stacked bases along with their trajectory averaged stacking energy and the percentage of frames the interaction was present.

Stacked bases Average Coulomb energy (kcal/mol) Average VDW energy (kcal/mol) Average stacking energy (kcal/mol) % of frames
G527/C528 −6.8±1.3 −5.5±0.5 −12.2±1.4 100%
C528/G529 −2.8±1.1 −3.9±0.5 −6.7±1.2 99%
C528/A533 6.8±0.9 −0.6±0.1 6.2±0.9 28%
G529/A533 2.3±0.3 −0.6±0.1 1.8±0.3 22%
A532/G1206 1.9 ±0.8 −1.1±0.5 0.8±0.9 85%
A532/A1055 15.1±2.6 −1.1±0.4 14.1±2.6 40%
A532/U1056 5.5±2.5 −0.9±0.3 4.7±2.5 22%
A533/C536 6.7±1.9 −5.7±0.6 0.9±2.0 77%

A nucleotide can show up several times because it may create alternative stacking interactions with different nucleotides.